Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed.
("The Eyre Affair")
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Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth.
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What is there to forgive?. . .Ignore forgive and concentrate on living. Life for you is short; far too short to allow small jealousies to infringe on the happiness which can be yours only for the briefest of times.
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The barriers between reality and fiction are softer than we think; a bit like a frozen lake. Hundreds of people can walk across it, but then one evening a thin spot develops and someone falls through; the hole is frozen over by the following morning.
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